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The rejection of child protection

Child Welfare Monitor

Even some of the “prevention services” that DCF and other state agencies have adopted, like “ Family Success Centers ,” provide a wide array of place-based services, most of which do not fall into the traditional orbit of child welfare and would be most appropriately funded jointly with other agencies.

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Psychological Effects of Being Adopted on Child Development

All For Kids

Adoption is a remarkable journey that can bring immense joy and fulfillment to both the child and the adoptive family. However, it’s important to acknowledge that it can also present unique challenges and complexities through the psychological effects of adoption.

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How to Improve Behavioral Health Equity

Relias

This article explores practical strategies that providers and organizations can adopt to advance behavioral health equity. This framework reframes trauma symptoms not as disorders, but as adaptive responses to overwhelming or harmful experiences. As behavioral health providers, we have a critical role to play in closing these gaps.

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Power, privilege, and passing judgment in “child welfare”: The Massachusetts “Child Advocate” gets it wrong again

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

She is the state’s “Child Advocate,” and before that ran a prestigious private agency specializing in adoption and foster care. According to her report: It appears the permanency goals for Harmony did not consider the recurring nature of substance use disorder. … Maria Mossaides is a woman of enormous power and privilege.

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Council pays family £2,500 after issuing care proceedings based on ‘incomplete and flawed information’

Community Care

A London borough has agreed to pay £2,500 to a disabled boy and his adoptive mother after issuing care proceedings on “incomplete and flawed information”. On two occasions in 2016 and 2017, Richmond council refused to pay for continued therapeutic work for Ms X and Y, that had been recommended by a multi-disciplinary assessment.

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Why Playing the Lottery Is So Addictive

Gateway Foundation

Playing the lottery activates the same pleasure centers in the brain as substance use disorder and other compulsive behaviors, causing some people to engage in it unhealthily. Talk to your doctor about medications that can help you manage co-occurring disorders such as anxiety and depression. Adopt Healthy Habits.

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What is Mindbody Science?

Beautiful Voyager

2015: ( scrunching forehead) Well, I just learned that an anxiety disorder appears to be at the root of my issue, so I guess in my case they are negatively affecting my life. The obstacles to widespread adoption of mindbody science are many. 2021: (forefinger raised) I am reading a lot of books and learning a lot about emotions.